FBI Director Kash Patel followed through on his threat to sue The Atlantic over a hit piece that unflatteringly portrays him, but he could be in for a tough time in court thanks to a biased Washington, D.C. jury.
A former Obama federal prosecutor inadvertently acknowledged the truth about the partisan jury pool in the nation’s capital, a city that overwhelmingly votes Democrat and loathes President Donald J. Trump with a purple passion.
In a Monday post to X, podcaster and former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance shared a screenshot of Patel’s defamation lawsuit filed earlier in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking $250 million in damages from the outlet and its reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick for the piece titled “The FBI Director Is MIA” which painted a picture of the FBI boss as a raging drunk.
“Good luck with that D.C. jury…,” wrote Vance, a frequent contributor on MS NOW/MSNBC as a legal analyst.
Good luck with that D.C. jury… https://t.co/zDxFgKQYQo
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) April 20, 2026
Vance’s admission that the high-ranking government official has a snowball’s chance in hell of prevailing in a court with a stacked jury box of rabidly anti-Trump partisans is a damning indictment of the nation’s judicial system, which has been politicized and weaponized to protect Democrats and punish their enemies.
X users responded by pointing out that which is now obvious – that justice isn’t blind in the D.C. kangaroo courts.
Damning admission from a former top Democratic DOJ official that juries in DC are loyal to Democrats https://t.co/tEPgGSBnTO
— Sunny (@sunnyright) April 20, 2026
Glad to see libs admitting they have rigged the judicial branch finally. https://t.co/2A1Qi2UpPB
— okoy (@Y0K0S0N) April 21, 2026
Former US Attorney says the quiet part out loud. https://t.co/CLgkccTz33
— Benjamin Roberts 🍊 (@bennoba) April 21, 2026
Wow.
You know that Republicans can’t get a fair shake in DC courts too?Could you say something more public about it?
— Uberminch (@uberminch) April 20, 2026
Thatnks for admitting why all government operations need to be moved out of DC because the people are all a bunch of corrupt, lying Democrat deep state lackeys.
You filthy traitors.
— torquemada (@torquemada70421) April 20, 2026
Though it’s no secret, it still seems rather self-defeating and stupid to publicly acknowledge that DC courts are weighed against Conservative litigants, and that the merits of a given suit simply do not matter at all.
— Dr_Science_Wiz_MKII (@Dr_Science_MK2) April 21, 2026
This is the same thing as a KKK member telling you “good luck” in front of a klan judge in 1915….. https://t.co/P6LJ09LIAS
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) April 20, 2026
Corrupt Democrat attorney admits Democrat voters are corrupt and will always side with Dmocrats
— Chris McCarthy (@ChrisMcCarthy99) April 20, 2026
Exactly why the DC court needs to be disbanded. Not reflective of the population. Whole jury of peers thing doesnt apply there.
— Airborne (@abnheel) April 20, 2026
The ex-prosecutor’s post also underscores the determination by disgraced former President Joe Biden and his corrupt Justice Department to railroad Trump on J6 charges to get him into a D.C. courtroom, an objective that was thwarted when the Supreme Court upheld the principle of presidential immunity in 2024, derailing lawfare goon Jack Smith’s bogus case that would have been presented to a tainted jury.
Vance’s saying the quiet part out loud is a prime reason why many Americans are losing faith in a system that used to be the envy of the civilized world until the courts were hijacked by Democrats.
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